bellifer
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bellum (“war”) + -i- + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/, [ˈbɛlːʲɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/, [ˈbɛlːifer]
Adjective
[edit]bellifer (feminine bellifera, neuter belliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | bellifer | bellifera | belliferum | belliferī | belliferae | bellifera | |
Genitive | belliferī | belliferae | belliferī | belliferōrum | belliferārum | belliferōrum | |
Dative | belliferō | belliferō | belliferīs | ||||
Accusative | belliferum | belliferam | belliferum | belliferōs | belliferās | bellifera | |
Ablative | belliferō | belliferā | belliferō | belliferīs | |||
Vocative | bellifer | bellifera | belliferum | belliferī | belliferae | bellifera |
Synonyms
[edit]- (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: belliferous
References
[edit]- “bellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.